Bats Europe, the region's largest stock exchange by value of shares traded, has boosted the buyside contingent on its board by adding the global head of equity trading at JP Morgan Asset Management as a director.

Kristian West joined the board of Bats Trading Ltd on April 21. He replaces Paul Hilgers, the chief executive of high-frequency trading firm Optiver, who stepped down on the same date, according to filings by Bats with the UK's Companies House. Hilgers will remain as an adviser to the board, according to a spokeswoman for Bats.